Mason Line to make Prussik?

**JohnSawyer** · 07-06-2011, 16:31

Originally Posted by Jazilla

I love the braided. Its such a loose braid that splicing it is so simple. I use solid strain telephone wire 2 pair. I separate the two then remove the coating and whala. I do find that prussiks don't hold well with mason line on mason line. I made a 12'' continuous loop and rapped 8 times. 12'' is a little too long and I will probably make a few smaller.

Prussics in general don't hold well on same-diameter line. They work best on larger line than the prussic loop.

My kids' hammocks have rainbow accessory cord for ridgelines (about 1/2 the diameter of paracord) and the mason's line works great as a prussic loop, or klemheist knot.

**GaHammockGuy** · 07-06-2011, 16:53

I love this site here.

check it out:

http://www.animatedknots.com/prusik/index.php

**pizza** · 07-06-2011, 18:43

I used braided mason line for prussics until after a short while it wore through. I've had much better luck with Speer no tangle and Kelty Triptease. Costs more but lasts way longer.

**Chicky** · 07-06-2011, 21:08

Bought 500' neon braided mason line today from Home Depot. I was thinking of putting mason line prusiks on my 1.75 mm Utility line (Zing-it, basically) to hold my tarp down. Anyone have any experience with this? Should I just go with prusiks made of the 1.75 line itself on the tarp RL?

chicky

**FLRider** · 07-06-2011, 22:48

Regarding twisted mason's line unraveling: I've used the stuff for tarp tie-downs and other low-load jobs for a couple of years now, and what I've found is that you need to avoid cutting the line when you separate a section off. Instead, heat it with a lighter/candle/match/etc. and pull the section off of the main spool rather than cutting it. This avoids giving it a chance to start unraveling, and you have a perfectly good section of line to use.

I haven't had any unraveling trouble with the mason's line I use to strap things to my bike's rack in over a year of use. Doesn't mean I won't in the future, but it hasn't happened yet.

**GaHammockGuy** · 07-07-2011, 14:00

Well that goes to show ya. I went to Harbor Freight and got their "Construction line" and it is TWISTED, not Braided.

OOOOPS. Oh well, i can always use this line, I will keep it and go to HD and get the real deal:

http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1...atalogId=10053

And not the Twisted line:

http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1...atalogId=10053